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Mutual friends: secularism and Islam

published by You on 14 April, 2009 - 17:51

The Middle East will only be convinced by Islamic arguments for a secular state

On the first page of his book, Islam and the Secular State, Abdullahi an-Na'im writes: "In order to be a Muslim by conviction and free choice, which is the only way one can be a Muslim, I need a secular state."

He explains that he is not advocating a secular society but a state which is neutral with regard to religion – a state whose institutions "neither favour nor disfavour any religious doctrine or principle", a state that has no enforcing role in religious matters.

Event: Dead or Alive @ Shahjalal Mosque [18/04/09]

published by Shuhel on 13 April, 2009 - 22:10

[b]Assalaamualaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh[/b]

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[color=red][b]EVENT:[/b][/color] [b]Dead or Alive – The State of our Heart[/b]

[b][color=red]SPEAKER:[/color][/b] [b]Shaykh Hasan Ali (Ebrahim College, London)[/b]

[color=red][b]DATE AND TIME:[/b][/color] [b]Saturday 18th April 2009 @ 6.30pm After Asr Salah[/b]

[color=red][b]VENUE:[/b][/color] [b]Shahjalal Mosque, 722-726 Romford Road, Manor Park, London E12 6BT[/b]

[b]Free Admission
All Are Welcome

Brothers Entrance: Romford Road
Sisters Entrance: Third Avenue

Listen on Azan receiver channel 2/or frequency 454.40625 MHz

For More Info call: Brothers 07939 866 110 | Sisters 07960 676 844

A new presumption of guilt

published by You on 12 April, 2009 - 21:43

An amusing letter in The Guardian:

We have heard from this government before that "we are dealing with a very big terrorist plot" (Student visa link to raids as PM points finger at Pakistan, 10 April). There was the very big "ricin plot" in 2002, with no ricin, plotted by a terrorist ringleader with no ring. (That was just before the "weapons of mass destruction" intervention in Iraq, the WMD being linked by Tony Blair and Colin Powell to the "ricin plot".) There was the plot to bomb Old Trafford in 2004, the evidence apparently being two ticket stubs for different parts of the ground, in the hands of fans of foreign origin...

CIA shuts down its secret prisons

published by You on 9 April, 2009 - 23:14

The US has stopped running its global network of secret prisons, CIA director Leon Panetta has announced.

"CIA no longer operates detention facilities or black sites," Mr Panetta said in a letter to staff. Remaining sites would be decommissioned, he said.

The "black sites" were used to detain terrorism suspects, some of whom were subjected to interrogation methods described by many as torture.

President Obama vowed to shut down the facilities shortly after taking office...

Read more @ BBC News

I wonder what they are gonna replace them with (or even if it is just propaganda) and what will happen to those currently being held.

The first Muslim secularist

published by You on 9 April, 2009 - 21:40

For most Muslims "secularism" remains a loaded term, equated to everything from mild eccentricity to an unnatural act of blasphemy. Part of the reason why secularism is eyed with such suspicion in the Muslim world is because it is seen as an interloper from the world of Judeo-Christian ideas, far removed from the framework of the Shari'a and therefore a threat to Islam itself. Muslim thinkers who put secularism above the dogma of a theocratic Islamic State have been few and far between.

Good deeds that made you feel proud of the Ummah - please contribute

published by UniteTheUmmah on 9 April, 2009 - 19:19

Asalamu alaykum,

I am writing an article about good deeds brothers and sisters have done which you have witnessed...which make you thank Allah swt to be part of the Ummah. Please contribute..it can be anything from seeing a Muslim giving Da'wah to a non-Muslim to a Muslim helping an old lady cross the road. Jazakum Allah khyrn.

Wasalam

Northern England Anti-Terror Raids

published by Beast on 8 April, 2009 - 19:24

Ten men arrested in terror raids

Ten men have been arrested as part of a counter-terrorism operation across the north west of England.

The BBC has learned addresses are being raided by officers in the Cheetham Hill area of Manchester.

Counter-terrorism officers also targeted a building at Liverpool John Moores University and a guest house in Clitheroe, Lancashire.

Officers from the North West Counter-Terrorism Unit carried out the raids with support from other forces.

BBC correspondent Nick Ravenscroft said a Greater Manchester Police spokesman would not comment when asked whether the police action was in response to a suspected terrorist operation in the UK or overseas.

Church should fund NHS chaplains

published by s.b.f on 8 April, 2009 - 14:40

Religious groups should fund their own presence in UK hospitals and save the NHS some £40m per year, the National Secular Society (NSS) suggests.

The organisation of non-believers says such money would be better spent on "much needed" nurses or cleaners.

The NSS claims even organ players in hospital chapels are on NHS payrolls.

NHS guidance notes all patients have a right to religious observance and that trusts should provide both faith representatives and places to pray.

However, the Catholic Church in Scotland said it agreed that spiritual carers should not be funded by the NHS.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7988476.stm

Dubai's slave trade

published by You on 6 April, 2009 - 16:50

I guess there is a reason why Muslims and Muslim nations like to concentrate and focus their hate on Israel. its because our own backyard is extremely fugly and an absolute disgrace.

Panorama will finally lift the finger on some of what happens to migrant workers in Dubai who are more or less treated as slaves, maybe even worse as Islam gave slaves some basic rights.

Its shocking that people such as Jamie Oliver who are known to promote good practices in the UK also endorse developments in such places.

And everyone else either does not know or just turns a blind eye to it all. I guess greed and easy money count for more than human rights and compassion.

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